Sectors of the Indian Economy
class X
MCQ's
1) Agriculture, dairy, fishing, and forestry are examples of ________.
a) tertiary Sector
b) secondary Sector
c) primary Sector
d) none of the above
Ans: (c)
2) The ___________covers activities in which natural products are changed into other forms through ways of manufacturing that we associate with industrial activity.
a) secondary sector
b) tertiary sector
c) primary sector
d) none of the above
Ans: (a)
3) Which of the following comes under the tertiary sector?
a) transport
b) communication
c) both (a) & (b)
d) none of the above
Ans: (c)
4) Service sector also includes some essential services that may not directly help in the production of goods. State whether true or false.
a) true
b) false
Ans: (a)
5) __________ shows how big the economy of a country is.
a) GSDP
b) GDP
c) PPP
d) None of the above
Ans: (b)
6) In the past 100 years, there has been a further shift from _______ to ______ in developed countries. This has become the most important in terms of total production.
a) secondary to the tertiary sector
b) primary to the tertiary sector
c) primary to the secondary sector
d) none of the above
Ans: (a)
7) In India, ____________ was the least producing sector in 2010-11.
a) primary sector
b) secondary sector
c) tertiary sector
d) quaternary sector
Ans: (a)
8) In India, which sector grew the maximum from 1970-71 to 2010-11?
a) primary sector
b) secondary sector
c) tertiary sector
d) quaternary sector
Ans: (c)
9) In 1970-71, which sector produced the maximum in India?
a) tertiary sector
b) secondary sector
c) primary sector
d) quaternary sector
Ans: (c)
10) Which of the following statements are true regarding the services sector?
a) As income levels rise, certain sections of people start demanding many more services like eating out, tourism, and shopping.
b) Over the past decade or so, certain new services, such as those based on information and communication technology, have become important and essential.
c) In the year 2010-11, the tertiary sector emerged as the largest producing sector in India, replacing the primary sector.
d) All of the above.
Ans: (d)
11) The _______ continues to be the largest employer in India.
a) quaternary sector
b) tertiary sector
c) secondary sector
d) primary sector
Ans: (d)
12) In India, over a span of 40 years (from 1970 to 2010), while production in the service sector rose by more than 14 times, employment in the service sector rose around _____.
a) five times
b) twenty times
c) ten times
d) none of the above
Ans: (a)
13) Workers in ______________ sector are under-employed.
a) IT
b) agricultural
c) manufacturing
d) none of the above
Ans: (b)
14) More than half of the workers in the country are working in the primary sector, mainly in _________.
a) fishing
b) mining
c) agriculture
d) none of the above
Ans: (c)
15) As per the same study by the former Planning Commission, if tourism as a sector is improved, every year we can give additional employment to more than _______ people.
a) 20 lakhs
b) 25 lakhs
c) 10 lakhs
d) 35 lakhs
Ans: (d)
16) The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed by the Government of India in __________.
a) 2005
b) 2010
c) 2004
d) 2014
Ans: (a)
17) Under NREGA 2005, all those who are able to and are in need of work are guaranteed _______ of employment in a year by the government.
a) 180 days
b) 50 days
c) 200 days
d) 100 days
Ans: (d)
18) Which of the following statements are true regarding the organised sector?
a) Workers in the organised sector enjoy the security of employment.
b) They are expected to work only a fixed number of hours.
c) If they work more, they have to be paid overtime by the employer.
d) All of the above.
Ans: (d)
19) The unorganised sector is characterised by small and scattered units which are largely outside the control of the _______.
a) employers
b) private individuals
c) government
d) employees
Ans:(c)
20) When goods are produced by exploiting at natural resources, it is an activity of the [CBSE Sept. 2012]
(a) Primary
(b) Tertiary
(c) Secondary
(d) None of these
Ans. (a)
21) Which of the following sectors is the largest employer in India?
(a) Primary Sector
(b) Secondary Sector
(c) Tertiary Sector
Ans. (a)
22) What is MGNREGA? [CBSE Sept. 2012]
(a) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
(b) National Regional Employment Guarantee
(c) Nation's Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
(d) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
Ans. (d)
23) On which of the following basis, the sectors ni are classified into public and private sector? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2012]
(a) Employment conditions
(b) The nature of economic activity
(c) Ownership of enterprises
(d) Number of workers employed in the enterprise
Ans. (c)
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24) Which of the following is also known as disguised employment?
(a) Over employment
(b) Factory employment
(c) Under employment
(d) Unemployment
Ans. (c)
25) Which of the following is also known as disguised employment?
(a) Over employment
(b) Factory employment
(c) Under employment
(d) Unemployment
Ans. (c)
26) B.S.N.L. are examples [CBSE Sept. 2011]
(a) Public Sector
(b) Private Sector
(c) Mixed Sector
(d) All of these
Ans. (b)
28) The value of all goods and services produced within a country in a certain year is called its :[CBSE Sept. 2011]
(a) National Product
(b) Net Domestic Product Product
(c) Gross Domestic
(d) None of these
Ans. (c)
29) Railway is an example of :
(a) Private Sector
(b) Secondary Sector
(c) None of these
(b) Public Sector
Ans. (b)
30) Which of the following Acts would not apply to a company like TISCO?
(a) Minimum Wages Act
(b) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(c) Factories Act
(d) Payment of Gratuity Act
Ans (b)
31) The motive of Private Sector enterprises is [CBSE Sept. 2011, 2012 ,2011]
(a) making profit
(b) Entertainment
(c) Social welfare and security
(d) None of these
Ans. (a)
32) What will happen if the government falls to provide 100 days employment under MGNREGA? [CBSE Sept. 2012)
(a) No extra benefit will be given
(b) The officer-in-charge will be punished
(c) Unemployment allowance will be given
(d) Food grains will be provided
Ans. (c)
33. At the initial stages of development, which one of the following sectors was the most? [CBSE 2021 Term-l
(a) Primary
(b) Secondary
(c) Tertiary
(d) Quaternary
Ans. (a)
34) Activities in which natural products are changed into other forms come under to which one of the following sectors? [CBSE 2021 Term-1]
(a) Primary
(b) Secondary
(c) Quaternary
(d) Tertiary
Ans. (b)
36) The products received by exploiting natural resources come under which one of the following sectors? [CBSE 2021 ]
(a) Quaternary
(b) Tertiary
(c) Secondary
(d) Primary
Ans. (d)
37) In terms of the GDP, the share of the tertiary sector in 2013-14
(i) between 20 per cent to 30 per cent.
(ii) between 30 per cent to 40 per cent.
(iii) between 50 per cent to 60 per cent.
(iv) 70 per cent.
Ans. (iii) between 50 per cent to 60 per cent.